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ArticleJournal of neuroscience methods2014

Microfluidic platform to evaluate migration of cells from patients with DYT1 dystonia.

Flavia C Nery, Nadia A Atai, Cintia C da Hora, Edward Y Kim, Jasmin Hettich, Thorsten R Mempel, Xandra O Breakefield, Daniel Irimia

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Article in Journal of neuroscience methods, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Engineered Models of Confined Cell Migration.Annual review of biomedical engineering · 2016
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  5. LINCing defective nuclear-cytoskeletal coupling and DYT1 dystonia.Cellular and molecular bioengineering · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Flavia C Nery *Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology and Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Nadia A Atai *Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology and Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Cintia C da Hora *Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology and Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Edward Y KimThe CBR Institute for Biomedical Research and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA/Department of Pathology and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Jasmin HettichMolecular Neurogenetics Unit, Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology and Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Thorsten R MempelThe CBR Institute for Biomedical Research and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA/Department of Pathology and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Xandra O BreakefieldMolecular Neurogenetics Unit, Neuroscience Center, Department of Neurology and Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Daniel IrimiaDepartment of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, GERMANY.
Harvard University · USBoston Biomedical Research Institute · USMassachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

Bio-MicroElectroMechanical Systems Resource CenterP41EB002503 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI TONER, MEHMET · 2004 to 2018
$17.4M
Interdepartmental Neuroscience CenterP30NS045776 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BREAKEFIELD, XANDRA OWENS, TANNOUS, BAKHOS A · 2003 to 2018
$11.1M
Torsin Function in DrosiphilaP50NS037409 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SHARMA, NUTAN · 2008 to 2013
$9.2M
Transfer of microRNA regulators from glioblastoma to brain microenvironment U19CA179563 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BREAKEFIELD, XANDRA OWENS, CHAREST, ALAIN · 2013 to 2017
$8.6M
Torsin Function in DrosiphilaP01NS037409 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI STANDAERT, DAVID G · 1999 to 2007
$8.5M
Neutrophil Decision Making in Confined Environments in Health and DiseaseR01GM092804 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI IRIMIA, DANIEL · 2010 to 2022
$4.3M
NCI NIH HHS CA179563NCI NIH HHS U19 CA179563NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB002503NIGMS NIH HHS GM092804NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM092804NINDS NIH HHS NS037409NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS037409NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS045776
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMicrofluidic platforms for quantitative evaluation of cell biologic processes allow low cost and time efficient research studies of biological and pathological events, such as monitoring cell migration by real-time imaging. In healthy and disease states, cell migration is crucial in development and wound healing, as well as to maintain the body's homeostasis. NEW

methodThe microfluidic chambers allow precise measurements to investigate whether fibroblasts carrying a mutation in the TOR1A gene, underlying the hereditary neurologic disease--DYT1 dystonia, have decreased migration properties when compared to control cells.

resultsWe observed that fibroblasts from DYT1 patients showed abnormalities in basic features of cell migration, such as reduced velocity and persistence of movement. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING

methodThe microfluidic method enabled us to demonstrate reduced polarization of the nucleus and abnormal orientation of nuclei and Golgi inside the moving DYT1 patient cells compared to control cells, as well as vectorial movement of single cells.

conclusionWe report here different assays useful in determining various parameters of cell migration in DYT1 patient cells as a consequence of the TOR1A gene mutation, including a microfluidic platform, which provides a means to evaluate real-time vectorial movement with single cell resolution in a three-dimensional environment.

Indexed as

Cell MovementCell NucleolusDystonia Musculorum DeformansFibroblastsGolgi ApparatusHumansMicrofluidicsMolecular ChaperonesTime FactorsMolecular ChaperonesTOR1A protein, humanCell polarizationDystoniaDYT1Microfluidic deviceMigrationTorsinA

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